University team keen to speak to bereaved carers in far north
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Bereaved carers in the far north of Scotland are among those invited to take part in a research programme being carried out by an English university.
A team at Liverpool John Moores University would like to speak to people in rural or remote areas across the UK who have been caring for an older person in the last year of life over the past few years.
In a social media post, the team said: “We are looking for volunteers from England, Wales, Scotland or Ireland, aged 18 years and above, to be interviewed about their experiences of caring for an older person living in a rural or remote location in the last year of their life, pre and/or during the Covid-19 pandemic. Volunteers must have cared for a relative who was over the age of 60 at the time of death and have been bereaved between 2018 and 2022.”
Those agreeing to take part would be invited to participate in a one-off interview either face-to-face, by phone or via an online video link. The interview would take between 30 and 60 minutes.
The team added: “You would be asked to talk about your experiences of caring for this person along with your perceptions of any services that you access (both statutory and voluntary), any other mechanisms of support, as well as your time since bereavement.”
Anyone interested in taking part is asked to contact researcher Dr Caroline Mogan by email or phone – C.E.Mogan@ljmu.ac.uk or 07949 430674.
The principal investigator is Professor Mari Lloyd-Williams.
